Waste Reduction

Waste reduction initiatives are at the forefront of Gallagher’s commitment to sustainability and being a responsible corporate citizen. This is evidenced in all parts of our operation from production and manufacturing to design, administration, and sales. As our sustainability journey has accelerated in recent years the team at Gallagher has sought out, adopted, designed, and developed multiple ways and means to recycle, reduce and re-purpose waste. while constantly challenging ourselves to optimize the use of all resources fully.

Plastics recycling
Plastics are one of the leading causes of environmental concern worldwide. Gallagher takes the challenge of plastics use and recycling seriously and has introduced multiple initiatives in recent years to help to reduce any negative impact our plastics use is having.

A major advancement in this area was introduced in 2021 with Gallagher investing in technology to allow us to regrind our own reject HDPE plastic material. Allowing the resulting material to then be utilized and repurposed into new plastic brackets for use in the packaging of other Gallagher products.

Electronics recycling

Given the size and scale of our operation in both New Zealand and Australia we go through batteries (of all sizes), circuit boards, old computers and mobile phones at a significant rate. Wherever possible we are now targeting almost a universal recycling rate on these components.

A leading example of this is the battery recycling program at our major production and manufacturing facility in New Zealand. Almost 100% of all batteries used within the entire site are now stored, collected, and recycled via a monthly service. What previously went into landfills in large numbers is now recycled for a better purpose.

Metals recycling

Across our production, warehouse and distribution hubs in New Zealand and Australia we have extensive processes to screen, identify and then recycle a wide range of metal products including metal weight bars and other metal objects, copper leads, off-cuts and cables and much more.

Reducing water consumption

An organization of the size and scale of Gallagher can do so many things to conserve the worlds precious resources. Whether it be sensor timed water taps or managed flow cooling systems in our manufacturing facilities we treat water as a resource that can and should be conserved. Our team is constantly looking at opportunities to more efficiently use and conserve this resource.